Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday hit out at the Congress, accusing it of “using and throwing the people of the alliance” in contrast to the Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP). PM Modi, while addressing a public rally of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in Andhra Pradesh’s Palnadu, said that the NDA “carries both regional aspiration and national progress”.
“In NDA we take everyone along, but on the other hand, there is Congress party which has only one agenda – to use and throw the people of the alliance. Today Congress may have formed an INDI alliance, but their thinking remains the same,” he said. Notably, the BJP has formed an alliance with the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) and Jana Sena Party (JSP) for the upcoming Lok Sabha and assembly elections in Andhra Pradesh.
He said that with the blessings of the ‘tri dev’, the country in the third term of his government will make big decisions. “Dates for the Lok Sabha elections have been announced and today I am among everyone in Andhra Pradesh. Here I am getting the blessings of Brahma, Vishnu, and Mahesh from Kotappakonda, with the blessings of the ‘Tri-Dev’, the country in the third term of our government will make big decisions,” he said. PM Modi further reiterated the NDA’s goal to cross 400 seats in the Lok Sabha elections.
“See this coincidence, this time the results of the elections are going to be declared on 4th June. The whole country is saying, ‘400 paar’. ‘400 paar’ for developed India, ‘400 paar’ for Andhra Pradesh’…” he said. PM Modi addressed the NDA rally ‘Prajagalam’ with the TDP supremo N Chandrababu Naidu and Pawan Kalyan for the first time in Palnadu district. ‘Prajagalam’, which translates to ‘voice of the public’, is the first joint public meeting of NDA partners in Andhra in the past ten years. Jana Sena is contesting the general elections in alliance with the BJP and Telugu Desam Party (TDP) in Andhra Pradesh.
As per the seat-sharing agreement, the BJP will contest six Lok Sabha seats and 10 assembly seats, while the TDP will contest 17 seats and 144 assembly seats. Janasena will contest two Lok Sabha and 21 assembly seats.